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Well, as those new infections are starting, finally, to plateau, the c.d.c. is now pointing to three new studies that show just how effective vaccines and boosters are at keeping people away from the hospital. omicron is retreating in parts of the country, but it remains relentless in many hospitals, straining i.c.u.s and push something healthcare workers to the brink. >> this is the worst. it's taking us out with it. >> reporter: covid heaingses jumped 30%, and deaths 44% in the past two weeks, with the west and midwest hit especially hard. >> every hospital is full, so trying to find a facil...

0 >> news updates are always on kpix.com. see you in 30 minutes. captioning sponsored by cbs >> tracy: tonight, hospitals overwhelmed by the unprecedented covid surge. i.c.u.s packed in some states as deaths rise nationwide, even as new infe infections in some regioning start to fall. >> reporter: i'm lilia luciano in l.a. county, which leads california in new infections, and hospitalizations are climbing. >> tracy: also tonight, the u.s. sends lethal aid to ukraine as tensions with moscow rise. >> reporter: i'm holly williams near ukraine's northern border with russia. on the other side of th...

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From the top of the world's list of most vaccinated countries, now ranking 47th, largely due to the 70 million americans who are not getting the shot. cbs' lilia luciano joins us with the latest in los angeles. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. there is concern and confusion tonight over exactly who is eligible for that third pfizer shot now that the c.d.c. says that includes people in high- risk jobs. eligible and eager americans are lining up this weekend to get their booster shot it is just for people 65 and older who already received pfizer shots and those at high risk of infection becau...

For children 5 to 11? news on when pfizer will send their data to the fda. here's eva pilgrim. >> reporter: eight months after getting his second pfizer shot, president biden rolling up his sleeve today for a vaccine booster. >> did you have any side effects from the second shot, mr. president? >> no, i haven't any side effects, the first or the second shot, thank goodness. >> reporter: since the cdc gave the green light on friday, thousands of newly eligible americans lining up for a third pfizer shot. but the 83 million people who received moderna or johnson & johnson vaccines will for the f...